Wednesday, February 23, 2011

I'm back...

State-o-mind: moving along
Task at Hand: Journal Entry, masking test
On The Horizon: Pop thru scenerios... possible model work
What is working: suiting up and showing up
What is not working: self judgement
Other thoughts: So lost my momentum, but building steam. Key is to keep moving forward no matter what. Considering moving consistent work time for this project to early mornings. Got up this morning to get "something" done for class this morning and in my morning haze had less resistance than had previously faced. Possible blocks... I like to stay up late... Haven't been a morning person in a long time. Benefit of making the change... consistent progress on a daily basis.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Posting to try to keep up & avoid a downward spiral.

State-o-mind: dismal... yet it could be just a feeling, trying to ignore it and move ahead
Task at Hand: Journal Entry, treatment
On The Horizon: Model building... script writing (STILL?)
What is working: Little Engine that could...
What is not working: even thinking of giving in to this funk.
Other thoughts: Totally transparency has me being totally honest on this blog post today. I'd rather just put up an everything's fine and moving along but perhaps if others see the struggle they will see it is temporary. Hopefully I'm not the only one who hits these potholes. Somewhat overwhelmed and behind in schoolwork, missed classes, missed deadline, money issues, just got over a lung infection, minimal sleep on Sunday night, child leaving for two weeks, and no time to rest. All that rolled up into a big pile of **** in my psyche probably has me a little off today. SO I am getting up going to class and will work on what I can today and celebrate little victories along the way. 1. Child to school on time 2. Gas in car 3. Air in tire 4. Blog post finished!

Monday, February 7, 2011

Project Proposal

My time line for this term is to have the Ego piece completed by May 1, 2011.
Visual... Previously I used a small wire model to test stop motion. I plan to use a similar simple design on a larger scale, need to build a test model and shoot it to see if I can get the same lighting effect. I am thinking of adding minimal clothing or accessory to indicate a specific individual. Example: a tie for corporate climber who feeds off of other egos to build up his own in order to raise higher in his perception.
Treatment is in process rather in my mind... just need to spill it out.
Relationship to career goals / artistic vision: i started animation with the hope that I could create quality programming for children, less violence more learning. My goals have shifted in that I want to make pieces that are similar to fable or moral tales that help us figure out where we want to grow as human beings. If I could help do that with kids that would be cool. I always wished I had a better road map when I was growing up...

Juggling and balance

State-o-mind: tired... long weekend of work
Task at Hand: Journal Entry, project proposal
On The Horizon: Model building... script writing
What is working: Communication
What is not working: my tired brain
Other thoughts: So the title of the blog is Juggling and Balance and have found something to be true especially over the last year. The three largest balls that I continually have up in the air are family, work and school. There are lots of little balls that get thrown at me from time to time and those balls that I should pick up but never seem to have everything flowing to do so. This weekend work ball grew and overtook all other aspects of my life. Though I did see this coming Superbowl is the biggest day of the year and today I am paying physically for it. Today, work is non-existent and family has eclipsed all else. I saw the double whammy coming yet felt that it would work out. I need to get better at recognizing that when an eclipse is coming I need to prepare to deal with it.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Visits to the hardware store...

State-o-mind: producing ideas all over the place
Task at Hand: Journal Entry... writing down new ideas.
On The Horizon: Model building... script writing, proposal for term goals.
What is working: Flow of ideas... even my dreams are more vivid these days. Not exactly sure what freed up my creativity, but need to figure it out so next time I am stuck, I will be able to get out of it sooner.
What is not working: everything seems to be flowing, just need to keep up the momentum...
Other thoughts: Ideas... the transfer of energy from one ego to another can be handled post production in after effects or maya particles. Think I will approach Ego subject matter in a documentary style with voice over, which complicates things as far as language barriers but I am not going to worry about that right now. I think that it will free me up from worrying if I can get my ideas across visually. Although visually showing the ideas is key, it has been a barrier to moving forward in this piece. I think if I have the narration as a structure, it will help me choreograph the dance of egos. The narration will help keep the subject light and humorous and away from being preachy.

Side note: Walked into Ace Hardware to pick up vacuum bags and had a few moments to wander down the aisles... forgot how inspiring it is for me to just look at materials, may need to spend a couple of hours at one of the big stores just feeding my imagination.